Zendaya Masters the On-Duty Knot: 4 Sleek Day-to-Night Buns

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Textured college buns may be having a well-timed moment, but leave it to Zendaya to make the case for the structured elegance of a sleek twist. The actress was spotted on Instagram yesterday with her blowout bound at the nape of her neck and finished with a blast of shine spray. The style offered a clean counterpoint to her cropped sweatshirt and shredded jeans, the way her half-up knot and smooth waves gave casual denim a polished edge in line with her sculpted eyebrows earlier this summer. And proving the day-to-night appeal of a fluffy topknot, the eighteen-year-old recently took the look for a meeting in Manhattan—and onto the red carpet. Just in time for the new workweek, here are four perfectly executed on-duty buns.